Inside the Great Hall, a giant Buddha sat in the meditative pose with a golden radiance.
Feiyun sat in the meditative pose on the abdomen of the Buddha. His body turned into a vortex with 360 meridians opened like 360 chess pieces. He continuously absorbed the essence of the Buddhist energy.
His body seemed to have turned into a divine cauldron with metallic clangs accompanied by Buddhist hymns.
"Boom!"
Feng Feiyun's body became even more dazzling after absorbing four more strands of energy. He directly broke through to the intermediate level of the eighth level. His absorption speed didn't slow down at all. On the contrary, it became even faster.
Each strand of Buddhist Essence was as heavy as a mountain and contained the Buddhist intent and Dao laws of a true Buddha. The energy was immense, and an ordinary person would be able to increase by one realm after absorbing one strand of Buddhist Essence. Some Heaven's Mandate Cultivators with low cultivation could even increase by two or three realms.
Feng Feiyun's physique and talents were far superior to others. Breaking through would be harder and more resources would be needed. That's why he only broke through one level after absorbing four strands of energy. The higher he went, the more resources he would need.
"Boom!"
At the same time, one of the bones on Feng Feiyun's right hand turned red as if it had turned into a flaming stone.
The fourth phoenix bone was born after absorbing a huge amount of energy.
The Heart Bone, Wisdom Bone, Eye Bone, and the right hand bone — a total of four phoenix bones. When they were connected together, they looked like four stars in the universe, or like four undying divine lamps. There were phantoms of phoenixes flying around the phoenix bones. It was incomparably mystical, and the cries of phoenixes rang out continuously.
Feng Feiyun's physique took another step forward. His body became even stronger with Buddhist light on the inside and flames on the outside. It felt as if he had cultivated an Imperishable Golden Physique.
"Boom!"
One of the bones on his left hand turned into a phoenix bone as well. It was surrounded by flames and repelled the evil energy from Yama's left hand. It looked like a bone born from the body of a deity.
This was the fifth phoenix bone.
Feng Feiyun's arms burned as his body was engulfed in flames. He looked like a cloud of fire.
"Bang! Bang!"
Another two soft sounds rang out, and two bright lights shot out from his ankles at the same time.
Phoenix bones appeared on both legs at the same time. They shone with incomparably bright light. These were the sixth and seventh phoenix bones.
"Boom!"
At the same time, a terrifying aura erupted from Feiyun's body. The seven phoenix bones connected to form a heavenly cycle with the aura of a phoenix flowing through his body. A fiery current started from the heart bone and went straight up to the left eye bone before going back to the wisdom bone above his head. It then went down from the right hand bone to the right foot bone, then the left foot bone, then the left hand bone before going back to the heart bone.
This was the simplest minor cycle of the Immortal Phoenix Physique. Once this minor cycle was completed, it would mean that the Immortal Phoenix Physique had reached the minor completion stage. From then on, the demonic energy of the Immortal Phoenix Physique would linger around the body endlessly. Even if one did not deliberately cultivate, their strength would increase rapidly at every moment.
The Immortal Phoenix Physique's cycle only included the heart bone, wisdom bone, and limbs bone. There were six phoenix bones in total. However, Feng Feiyun was different. He had obtained the phoenix's eye bone in Bronze Cauldron Mountain, so this cycle had seven phoenix bones.
The heart bone was the main one.
The wisdom bone was the center.
The eye bone was the gateway.
With the heart bone, wisdom bone, and eye bone as the main and the limbs bone as the support, this created a perfect cycle. His power climbed to a new level. Feng Feiyun couldn't tell how strong he was right now. After all, no human had ever cultivated a demonic physique refinement law before. It was hard to say how much power he could unleash. It was definitely different from a phoenix with seven bones.
For a human to cultivate the Immortal Phoenix Divine God to the Hinayana stage, it would only be known after a battle.
After completing the seven bones, Feng Feiyun absorbed forty-eight strands of Buddhist energy. One could see how monstrous it was to condense the phoenix bones. On average, each bone required twelve strands.
At the same time, Feng Feiyun's cultivation increased as well. However, it wasn't as exaggerated as his physique. He reached a bottleneck at peak eighth-level Heaven's Mandate and couldn't go any further.
This was his first time encountering a bottleneck. Feng Feiyun quickly understood the reason. It was probably because of the scripture. If he didn't cultivate it, he would have used this opportunity to reach the ninth level already.
There were pros and cons to cultivating a sacred merit law like this.
The second "Young Silkworm Diagram" had a total of 18,000 transformations, and he had only comprehended about 300 of them.
The conversion of spirit energy into Buddhist energy was restricted by the scripture. Feiyun's current understanding of the scripture could only allow him to reach peak eighth-level Heaven's Mandate.
If he didn't cultivate it, Feng Feiyun wouldn't be this restricted. He could rely on the phoenix's minor completion physique to increase the spirit energy in his dantian to early ninth-level Heaven's Mandate.
Without the scripture, Feng Feiyun's spirit energy wouldn't be this pure.
It could be said that everything had two sides. There was a good side and a bad side.
Of course, when Feng Feiyun decided to cultivate both his dantian and physique at the same time. Only by finding the balance would he be able to break through to Holy Spirit. If he only cultivated the Immortal Phoenix Physique like in his previous life, he would be stuck at the ninth level again.
In the short term, cultivating the scripture would greatly restrict his cultivation. However, in the long term, cultivating both his physique and physique at the same time was the best way to go.
"The Immortal Phoenix Physique and the Golden Silkworm Scripture must reach a balance. Now that my body's level is a big step higher than my dantian's, I should focus on comprehending the Golden Silkworm Scripture. The more I comprehend, the higher my level will be."
Feng Feiyun stopped cultivating and opened his eyes. The golden river was still around him. The Buddhist energy inside didn't seem to have been used up. He stood up and looked towards the distance: "How long did I cultivate?"
"Thirty-four days."
Liu Ruixin was dozing off on a tattered praying mat. She became excited after seeing Feng Feiyun wake up. Her eyes lit up as she flew over and grabbed Feng Feiyun's arm.
"What?" Feng Feiyun was surprised. There was something wrong with this girl.
Ruixin was at third-level Heaven's Mandate. After absorbing a strand of Buddhist energy, she reached peak fifth-level Heaven's Mandate, only one step away from becoming a half-step Giant.
Moreover, this energy was left behind by an Enlightened Buddha. It greatly improved her physique and even left a mark on her body, giving her the potential to break through to Enlightened Being in the future.
Of course, reaching the Enlightened Being realm was extremely difficult. Many historical geniuses couldn't even do it. Her talents weren't top-notch so it was very unlikely for her to become an Enlightened Being.
Liu Ruixin had a hopeful look on her face. She tilted her head and opened her eyes wide: "Feiyun, we've been through thick and thin together, comrades through life and death …"
"Don't try to be friends with me, we don't know each other.
Also, please call me Young Noble Yi Zhenfeng. "Feng Feiyun smiled.
"I'm the daughter of White Moon Messenger, the Big Sister of the younger generation in Sun Moon. Now that I've been captured by a rapist, I've lost all face. I'll be gossiping everywhere in the future, I can't get married." Liu Ruixin grabbed Feiyun's arm and wanted to bite him. Alas, she didn't do so in the end and started crying: "I'm the daughter of White Moon Messenger, the Big Sister of Sun Moon.
Some people are willing to ruin someone else's life for their own benefit and act like it's only natural. Don't they know how to compensate? "
"Haha!
So you're here for something. I can't give you the bottle since your sect can't stop the Yin Mother. "
Feiyun said with a smile. Though he knew that she was faking it, he still gently patted her head and comforted her in a soft voice.
"I don't want the bottle, but … if you can give me a small pond of that Buddhist energy, we can talk about it." Ruixin bit her lip with tears in her eyes.
"Boom!"
Feng Feiyun knocked her head and scolded: "A small pond? Aren't you being too greedy?"
"Even if it's not a small pond, a small bucket will do." Liu Ruixin nodded like a chick pecking at rice and gently rubbed her aching head.
"Even if I give you a bucket, you don't have one to hold it.
How about this?
If you follow me in the future, you will be my personal maidservant, serving tea and water, washing and cooking, and massaging my shoulders and back. Every year, I will give you a wisp of the essence of Buddha aura as your remuneration for a year. "
Feiyun put his hands behind his back and puffed out his chest. He spoke with confidence and assurance just like a rich lord talking about the price of a maid.
"One strand a year?!
You're too stingy. I've never seen someone as stingy as you. "
Feng Feiyun shook his head: "I'm doing this for your own good. The Buddhist energy can make your cultivation level rise quickly, but it has a negative side effect. You can't improve your mental state and your body won't be stable.
It's like a talisman. It only increases the talisman's power, not the quality of the paper. When the talisman's power reaches a certain level, the paper won't be able to bear the power and the talisman will self-destruct.
Cultivation is the same. Your cultivation level is rising too fast and your mental state isn't stable, your foundation isn't solid. I'll give you a year to consolidate your cultivation and accumulate. It won't do you any harm. "
Not everyone could cultivate their dantian and body at the same time like Feng Feiyun. They didn't have to worry about self-destruction during cultivation, and not everyone had the mental state of Immortal Realm Level Nine like Feng Feiyun.